Bug in nnml?

Bug in nnml?

[Stefan Waldherr]

Ok,

I select my inbox. gnus sez

	How many articles from nnml:inbox (default 202):

I press ENTER. Yet, if I enter the group, there is only one mail (read). And

	swa@mind:~> ls -la Mail/inbox/
	total 25
	drwx------   2 swa      learning    10240 Nov 21 13:52 .
	drwx------ 116 swa      learning     3072 Nov 21 13:49 ..
	-rw-------   1 swa      learning      214 Nov 21 13:48 .overview
	-rw-------   1 swa      learning    10654 Sep 24 17:34 36

Odd, isn't it?

Stefan.
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Re: Bug in nnml?

[David S. Goldberg]

This has happened to me in the past.  I managed to fix it by
rebuilding the overview file (M-x nnml-generate-nov-databases), which
I think can be done for a single group in some recent version
otherwise be prepared to sit and wait a while.  I was never able to
repeat it, so I didn't report it.

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Re: Bug in nnml?

[Stefan Waldherr]

>>>>> "David" == David S Goldberg <dsg@linus.mitre.org> writes:

    David> This has happened to me in the past.  I managed to fix it by
    David> rebuilding the overview file (M-x nnml-generate-nov-databases),
    David> which I think can be done for a single group in some recent version
    David> otherwise be prepared to sit and wait a while.  I was never able to
    David> repeat it, so I didn't report it.

Well, the odd thing is that when trying to M-x nnml-generate-nov-databases,
gnus stops half way down the road with 

	Args out of range: #<buffer " *nntpd*">, 1, 0

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Re: Bug in nnml?

[Stefan Waldherr]

>>>>> "Stefan" == Stefan Waldherr <swa@cs.cmu.edu> writes:

    Stefan> Well, the odd thing is that when trying to M-x
    Stefan> nnml-generate-nov-databases, gnus stops half way down the road
    Stefan> with
    Stefan> 	Args out of range: #<buffer " *nntpd*">, 1, 0

Here is the solution: in one folder I had a mail that looked like this:

-snip-
Return-Path: swa@MIND.LEARNING.CS.CMU.EDU 
Return-Path: swa@MIND.LEARNING.CS.CMU.EDU
Received: from CS.CMU.EDU (CS.CMU.EDU [128.2.222.173]) by mind.learning.cs.cmu.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with SMTP id QAA08653 for <swa@MIND.LEARNING.CS.CMU.EDU>; Sat, 23 Nov 1996 16:36:23 -0500
Received: from MIND.LEARNING.CS.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa05119;
          23 Nov 96 16:35:47 EST
Received: (from swa@localhost) by mind.learning.cs.cmu.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) id QAA08203 for swa@cs; Sat, 23 Nov 1996 16:17:29 -0500
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 16:17:29 -0500
From: Stefan Waldherr <swa@MIND.LEARNING.CS.CMU.EDU>
Message-Id: <199611232117.QAA08203@mind.learning.cs.cmu.edu>
To: swa@cs.cmu.edu
Subject: dip
-snip-

Note, that the mail has a header but no body -- gnus choked.

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Re: Bug in nnml?

[Kim-Minh Kaplan]

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>>>>> On November 21, 1997, Stefan Waldherr said:

    Stefan> Well, the odd thing is that when trying to
    Stefan> M-x nnml-generate-nov-databases, gnus stops half way down
    Stefan> the road with

    Stefan> 	Args out of range: #<buffer " *nntpd*">, 1, 0

I just noticed the same problem here.  The attached patch fixed it.

Kim-Minh.


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--- /usr/lib/xemacs/gnus/lisp/nnml.el	Thu Nov 27 23:25:42 1997
+++ /usr/tmp/nnml.el	Sun Nov 30 17:29:11 1997
@@ -659,11 +659,10 @@
   "Parse the head of the current buffer."
   (save-excursion
     (save-restriction
-      (goto-char (point-min))
       (unless (zerop (buffer-size))
 	(narrow-to-region
-	 (point)
-	 (1- (or (search-forward "\n\n" nil t) (point-max)))))
+	 (goto-char (point-min))
+	 (if (search-forward "\n\n" nil t) (1- (point)) (point-max))))
       ;; Fold continuation lines.
       (goto-char (point-min))
       (while (re-search-forward "\\(\r?\n[ \t]+\\)+" nil t)

Re: Bug in nnml?

[Karl Kleinpaste]

Stefan Waldherr <swa@cs.cmu.edu> writes:
> I select my inbox. gnus sez
> 	How many articles from nnml:inbox (default 202):
> I press ENTER. Yet, if I enter the group, there is only one mail (read).

Check ~/Mail/active for inbox, and check inbox' limits.
Compare against the articles currently in nnml:inbox.

If you have moved articles out of inbox, or articles from inbox have
expired in the current session with Gnus, Gnus seems to maintain an
erroneous idea that the widest range of articles recently seen remains
correct.

If you quit Gnus and then restart, the correct number (`1') will show.